Titans reportedly waive Will Levis, ending his run in Tennessee

The Tennessee Titans have reportedly waived quarterback Will Levis, a move that indicates the organization is closing the chapter on the former second-round pick. The decision comes as the team finalizes its roster and evaluates whether it wants to move forward at quarterback with other options already on its depth chart.

According to Yahoo Sports, the Titans were not able to work out a trade for Levis, in part because he did not perform well enough during the preseason to create leverage. The same report attributed the situation to Levis wanting out, framing the waiver as something the Titans likely would have done regardless even if a trade had been possible.

Waiving a player of Levis’s draft pedigree underscores how quickly NFL plans can change. Second-round quarterbacks are typically given real time to develop, but development is not the same as resolving a team’s immediate needs, especially when training-camp and preseason evaluations shape the staff’s sense of readiness for a full regular-season workload.

The waiver also has practical roster implications. When a team releases a quarterback with starting-caliber expectations, it changes the competition at the position for whoever remains under contract, and it alters how the team structures the rest of camp and practice-squad reps. Even if Levis is claimed or joins another organization, Tennessee must prepare as if he will not be available.

For the Titans, the broader quarterback question does not disappear with the roster move. It shifts. The team still has to establish who the coaching staff believes can run the offense consistently against NFL defenses, whether that means elevating an in-house option, continuing to develop a younger developmental player, or making another acquisition through waiver claims or later transactions.

For Levis, the next step will depend on waiver-market interest and how other teams’ needs line up. A waiver process can be swift in the NFL, and a quarterback who is released late in the offseason window often ends up with a short runway to earn an opportunity elsewhere before the regular season begins.

What to watch next is whether Tennessee’s offseason quarterback plan becomes clearer through the remaining quarterback depth chart, and whether Levis draws interest from a team that needs immediate support at the position. For Tennessee fans, the key storyline is less about the past pick and more about what this decision reveals about who the Titans intend to trust going forward.